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Showing releases 1-25 out of 40.
Public Release: 15-May-2012
 Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesUltrasensitive biosensor promising for medical diagnostics Researchers have created an ultrasensitive biosensor that could open up new opportunities for early detection of cancer and "personalized medicine" tailored to the specific biochemistry of individual patients. 
US Department of Defense, US Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health, Semiconductor Research Consortium
Contact: Emil Venere
Public Release: 14-May-2012
Physical Review LettersBeyond the high-speed hard drive: Topological insulators open a path to room-temperature spintronics Theorists and experimenters with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have led in the exploration of the unique properties of topological insulators, where electrons may flow on the surface without resistance, with spin orientations and directions intimately related. Recent research at the Advanced Light Source opens exciting prospects for practical new room-temperature spintronic devices that can exploit control of electron spin as well as charge.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Paul Preuss
Public Release: 14-May-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesMicrobe that can handle ionic liquids Researchers at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have identified a tropical rainforest microbe that can endure relatively high concentrations of an ionic liquid used to dissolve cellulosic biomass for the production of advanced biofuels. They've also determined how the microbe accomplishes this, a discovery that holds broad implications beyond biofuels.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Lynn Yarris
Public Release: 14-May-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesLawrence Livermore work may improve the efficiency of the biofuel production cycle Using new experimental methods and computational analysis, a team of scientists from the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), led by Lawrence Livermore's Michael Thelen, discovered how certain bacteria can tolerate manmade toxic chemicals used in making biofuels. Contact: Anne Stark
Public Release: 14-May-2012
Nature BiotechnologyRelative reference: Foxtail millet offers clues for assembling the switchgrass genome The US Department of Energy is interested in the perennial grass switchgrass as a prospective biofuels feedstock, but the plant genome is complex. The DOE Joint Genome Institute has sequenced plant genomes of related candidate bioenergy crops such as sorghum and the model grass Brachypodium but they last shared a common ancestor with switchgrass more than 20 million years ago. The genome of a much closer switchgrass relative -- foxtail millet -- is described in Nature Biotechnology.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Gilbert
Public Release: 14-May-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesMeasuring CO2 to fight global warming If the world's nations ever sign a treaty to limit emissions of climate-warming carbon dioxide gas, there may be a way to help verify compliance: a new method developed by scientists from the University of Utah and Harvard.
US Department of Energy, NASA, National Science Foundation, US Intelligence Community
Contact: Lee J. Siegel
Public Release: 13-May-2012
Nature NanotechnologyBerkeley Lab scientists generate electricity from viruses Berkeley Lab scientists have developed a way to generate power using harmless viruses that convert mechanical energy into electricity. The scientists tested their approach by creating a generator that produces enough current to operate a small liquid-crystal display. Their generator is the first to produce electricity by harnessing the piezoelectric properties of a biological material.
DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, National Science Foundation
Contact: Dan Krotz
Public Release: 11-May-2012
Plasma Science Center for Predictive Control of Plasma Kinetics MeetingDOE Plasma Science Center Annual Meeting at Princeton Plasma Lab More than 50 plasma physicists from across the country will assemble at the US Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory on Thursday, May 17, and Friday, May 18, for the third annual meeting of the Plasma Science Center for Predictive Control of Plasma Kinetics. Contact: John Greenwald
Public Release: 11-May-2012
Angewandte Chemie International EditionLow-cost nanosheet catalyst discovered to split hydrogen from water Scientists at Brookhaven National Lab have developed a new electrocatalyst that overcomes the high cost of platinum, generating hydrogen gas from water with abundant and affordable metals. The unexpected and high-performing nanosheet structure of the catalytic nickel-molybdenum-nitride compound offers a promising new model for effective hydrogen catalysis.
Brookhaven National Lab/Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program, US Department of Energy/Office of Science
Contact: Justin Eure
Public Release: 10-May-2012
Hunting for bomb-eating bugs University of Arizona researchers are investigating bacterial eating habits as part of a $1 million study to determine the environmental fate of newly developed munitions. One important goal is to reduce injuries and fatalities among troops who handle explosives.
US Department of Defense, Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Energy
Contact: Daniel Stolte
Public Release: 10-May-2012
Scientific ReportsNanotube 'sponge' has potential in oil spill cleanup A carbon nanotube sponge that can soak up oil in water with unparalleled efficiency has been developed with help from computational simulations performed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Contact: Morgan McCorkle
Public Release: 9-May-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesORNL protein analysis investigates marine worm community Techniques used by researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory to analyze a simple marine worm and its resident bacteria could accelerate efforts to understand more complex microbial communities such as those found in humans. Contact: Morgan McCorkle
Public Release: 8-May-2012
A new accelerator to study steps on the path to fusion NDCX-II, the recently completed second generation Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is a compact accelerator whose dense ion beam will be able to deliver a powerful punch for producing warm dense matter – a step on the road to heavy-ion nuclear fusion. Research with NDCX-II will make advances in the acceleration, compression, and focusing of intense ion beams to guide this promising approach to fusion energy power production.
US Department of Energy/Office of Science
Contact: Paul Preuss
Public Release: 4-May-2012
Zeitschrift fur KristallographieNew technique uses electrons to map nanoparticle atomic structures A Brookhaven/Columbia Engineering School team of scientists shows how a form of nanocrystallography can be carried out using a transmission electron microscope -- an instrument found in many chemistry and materials science laboratories.
US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation
Contact: Karen McNulty Walsh
Public Release: 3-May-2012
Clearing the air: PNNL technology wins award for improving submarine air quality PNNL has developed a nanoporous-based air-cleansing system for the Navy that can rapidly remove high levels of carbon dioxide from a submarine's air environment. The technology recently won the Federal Laboratory Consortium Interagency Partnership Award for 2012.
US Department of Defense, US Navy, US Department of Energy
Contact: Geoffrey Harvey
Public Release: 3-May-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesThanks for the memory: More room for data in 'phase-change' material Engineers have discovered previously unknown properties of a common computer memory material, paving the way for new memory drives, movie discs and computer systems that absorb data more quickly, last longer and allow far more capacity than current data storage media.
US Department of Energy, US Office of Naval Research, Chinese National Basic Research Program, National Science Foundation, W. M. Keck Foundation, Argonne National Laboratory
Contact: Phil Sneiderman
Public Release: 3-May-2012
ScienceAtomic-scale visualization of electron pairing in iron superconductors By measuring how strongly electrons are bound together to form Cooper pairs in an iron-based superconductor, scientists provide direct evidence supporting theories in which magnetism holds the key to this material's ability to carry current with no resistance.
US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Academia Sinica, Royal Society
Contact: Karen McNulty Walsh
Public Release: 2-May-2012
May 2012 story tips US military expeditionary bases and outposts will become more energy lean. Millions of seashells off the coast of Japan may be able to play a role in cleaning up radioactive cesium. Shape-memory alloys are an engineer's dream. Contact: Ron Walli
Public Release: 2-May-2012
NatureAt smallest scale, liquid crystal behavior portends new materials Liquid crystals, the state of matter that makes possible the flat screen technology now commonly used in televisions and computers, may have some new technological tricks in store.
US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation
Contact: Juan de Pablo
Public Release: 30-Apr-2012
ER doc, Sandia Labs engineer join forces on stronger trauma shears An Albuquerque physician teamed with a Sandia National Laboratories engineer to improve the doctor's trauma shears design so emergency personnel can get to the injuries they need to treat more quickly. Contact: Nancy Salem
Public Release: 30-Apr-2012
ACS CatalysisChemical engineers at UMass Amherst find high-yield method of making xylene from biomass A team of chemical engineers led by Paul J. Dauenhauer of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has discovered a new, high-yield method of producing the key ingredient used to make plastic bottles from biomass. The process is inexpensive and currently creates the chemical p-xylene with an efficient yield of 75-percent, using most of the biomass feedstock, Dauenhauer says. The research is published in the journal ACS Catalysis.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Paul J. Dauenhauer
Public Release: 30-Apr-2012
A 100-gigbit highway for science Because thousands of researchers around the world contribute to the generation and analysis of this data, a reliable, high-speed network is needed to transport the torrent of information. Fortunately, the Department of Energy's (DOE) ESnet (Energy Sciences Network) has laid the foundation for such a network -- not just for climate research, but for all data-intensive science. Contact: Linda Vu
Public Release: 30-Apr-2012
Analytical ChemistryMolecular spectroscopy tracks living mammalian cells in real time as they differentiate Cells regulate their functions by adding or subtracting phosphates from proteins. If scientists could study the process in detail, in individual cells over time, understanding and treating diseases would be greatly aided. Formerly this was impossible without damaging the cells or interfering with the process itself, but at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists have achieved the goal by using the Advanced Light Source's bright infrared beams and a technique called Fourier transform spectromicroscopy.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Paul Preuss
Public Release: 29-Apr-2012
Nature NanotechnologySingle nanomaterial yields many laser colors Engineers at Brown University and QD Vision Inc. have created nanoscale single crystals that can produce the red, green, or blue laser light needed in digital displays. The size determines color, but all the pyramid-shaped quantum dots are made the same way of the same elements. In experiments, light amplification required much less power than previous attempts at the technology. The team's prototypes are the first lasers of their kind.
US Department of Energy, Air Force Office for Scientific Research, National Science Foundation
Contact: David Orenstein
Public Release: 27-Apr-2012
Nano LettersGolden potential for gold thin films Berkeley Lab researchers have directed the first self-assembly of nanoparticles into multi-layered thin films of gold that are device-ready for potential applications in computer memory storage, energy harvesting, energy storage, remote-sensing, catalysis, light management and plasmonics.
US Department of Energy/Office of Science
Contact: Lynn Yarris
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